The INNOTRACK - Innovative Track Systems research and development project was formally closed on 31 December 2009. The outcome of the project is summarized in some 140 deliverables. The research in INNOTRACK focuses on mixed traffic and deals with three key parts of the track, namely track support structure, switches and crossings, and rails and welding. The innovative results from INNOTRACK are, in addition to the technical analysis, scrutinized from a life-cycle cost and a reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety perspective as well as from a logistic standpoint. The results show that significant cost reductions are possible to reach. The article gives a short overview of INNOTRACK and then goes into more detail on some results with bearing on heavy haul operations.
INNOTRACKData mining of data sets, Deliverable D1.4.7, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 31 pp. (and 1 annex 3 pp.), 2009.
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INNOTRACKState of the art report on soil improvement methods and experience, Deliverable 2.2.1, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 35 pp. (and 2 annexes, 16+3 pp.), 2008.
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Proceedings of Deep Mixing 1905 - The International Conference on Deep mixing: best practice and recent advances, Stockholm, 23–25 May 2005, vols. 1 & 2, 861 pp., Swedish Deep Stabilization Research Centre, Report 1402-2036:13.
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HolmG.AndreassonB.BodareA.ErikssonH.BengtssonP.-E.Mitigation of ground vibration induced by high speed trains at Ledsgård, Sweden, 2002.
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INNOTRACKSubgrade reinforcement with columns. Part 1 Vertical columns, Part 2 Inclined columns, Deliverable 2.2.5, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 122 pp. (and 1 annex, 80 pp.), 2009.
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INNOTRACKGuideline for subgrade reinforcement with columns. Part 1 Vertical columns, Part 2 Inclined columns, Deliverable 2.2.8, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 28 pp., 2009.
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AxelssonM.Djupstabilisering med kalkcementpelare - Metoder för produktionsmässig kvalitetskontroll i fält, 2001 (in Swedish).
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KassaE.NielsenJ. C. O.Dynamic interaction between train and railway turnout - full-scale field test and validation of simulation models. Veh. Syst. Dyn., 200846 (S1, 2), 521–534.
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KassaE.NielsenJ. C. O.Data from field test in turnout in Härad. INNOTRACK Technical report, June 2007, 19 pp.
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INNOTRACKSummary of results from simulations and optimisation of switches. Deliverable 3.1.4, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 38 pp. (and 4 annexes, 16+13+25+21 pp.), 2009.
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NicklischD.Validation of a SIMPACK model for simulation of turnout passing. INNOTRACK Technical report, April 2008, 13 pp. (Appendix of INNOTRACK Deliverable 3.1.4).
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PerezJ.Optimisation of the dynamic gauge for railway switches. INNOTRACK Technical report, December 2008, 25 pp. (Appendix of INNOTRACK Deliverable 3.1.4).
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NicklischD.SIMPACK-simulations of passing switches and crossings. INNOTRACK Technical report, December 2008, 11 pp. and two appendices (Appendix of INNOTRACK Deliverable 3.1.4).
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INNOTRACKRecommendation of, and scientific basis for, optimisation of switches & crossings-part 1, Deliverable 3.1.5, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 30 pp. (and 2 annexes, 12+12 pp.), 2009.
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INNOTRACKRecommendation of, and scientific basis for, optimisation of switches & crossings - part 2, Deliverable 3.1.6, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 20 pp. (and 3 annexes 10+14+16 pp.), 2009.
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INNOTRACKFunctional requirements for hollow sleepers for UIC 60 and similar type switches. Deliverable 3.2.2, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 12 pp. (and 4 annexes, 4+1+4+1 pp.), 2008.
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JohanssonA.Out-of-round railway wheels - causes and consequences: an investigation including field tests, out-of-roundness measurements and numerical simulations. Doctoral Dissertation, Chalmers Applied Mechanics, Gothenburg, September 2005, 191 pp. (introduction, summary and six appended papers).
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SandströmJ.EkbergA.Predicting crack growths and risks of rail breaks due to wheelflat impacts in heavy haul operation's. IHHA Special Technical Session, Kiruna, Sweden, 2007, 10 pp.
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INNOTRACKImproved model for the influence of vehicle conditions (wheel flats, speed, axle load) on the loading and subsequent deterioration of rails. Deliverable 4.2.5, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 47 pp. (and 6 annexes, 48+14+9+22+35+51 pp.), 2009.
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KaboE.EkbergA.NielsenJ. C. O.Analysis of static fractures of rails due to wheel flats. Research report 2009:01, Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, 2009, 18 pp. (Appendix of INNOTRACK Deliverable 4.2.5).
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NielsenJ. C. O.KaboE.EkbergA.Alarm limits for wheel-rail impact loads - part 1: rail bending moments generated by wheel flats. Research report 2009:02, Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, 2009, 31 pp. (Appendix of INNOTRACK Deliverable 4.2.5).
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EkbergA.KaboE.NielsenJ. C. O.Alarm limits for wheel-rail impact loads - part 2: analysis of crack growth and fracture. Research report 2009:03, Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, 2009, 49 pp. (Appendix of INNOTRACK Deliverable 4.2.5).
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INNOTRACKRecommendation of, and scientific basis for minimum action rules and maintenance limits. Deliverable 4.2.6, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 126 pp. (and 6 annexes, 9+8+10+9+10+33 pp.), 2009.
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INNOTRACKImproved model for loading and subsequent deterioration of insulated joints. Deliverable 4.2.3, TIP5-CT-2006-031415, 19 pp. (and 1 annex, 17 pp.), 2009.
